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    <br /><h2 style="text-align:center; color:blue !important">HAS YOUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO<br />PRODUCED AN ANNUALIZED RETURN OF 18.57% SINCE JULY 20, 2012?</h2>

    <br /><p>If it hasn’t, maybe you should consider ours!  The Tracking Portfolio at Self-Made Millionaire has grown 53.78% from its inception on July 20, 2012 for an annualized rate of return of over 18.57%!</p>

    <br /><p>Even better, this is not some high-end service only suitable and affordable for those with six and seven figure investment accounts.  At Self-Made Millionaire, we have designed products and services for the average investor that could provide you with far better than average returns.</p>

    <br /><p>Don’t you hate to get promotional emails that go on forever only to get to the end, after all the big promises of big returns, and find out that you couldn’t hope to ever earn enough return on your investment account to come close to paying for the advice being offered?  At Self-Made Millionaire, we know exactly how you feel because we have been there ourselves.  What good does it do to earn an 18% return on my $20,000 account if the advice to do it costs me $2,000?  That leaves me with a measly 8%!</p>

    <br /><h5>IT’S EASY TO GUESS WITH OPM</h5>

    <br /><p>Another thing that always bothered us about “investment advisors” and “newsletters” is that they are only telling us how WE should invest OUR money!  Don’t you ever wonder what they do with their own?  Well, we did, and that is why we started the Tracking Portfolios at Self-Made Millionaire.  We set aside some of our own personal investment capital so you can see exactly how we allocates our OWN money to the very same trades we write about in our letters and updates.  Advice is easy when its only OPM (other people’s money).   It’s a bit different when you have REAL skin in the game!  When you follow Self-Made Millionaire you always know that we back up our picks with our REAL cash.  We don’t suggest anything to you that we don’t believe in strongly enough to do it ourselves.  In other words, we eat our own cooking!</p>

    <br /><h5>WE KEEP IT VERY SIMPLE</h5>

    <br /><p>Here at Self-Made Millionaire, we don’t believe that you need complicated and secretive strategies to make exceptional profits.  Nor do we believe you have to make large gains quickly to get rich in the stock market.  We believe the best way to outperform the market is to take small, consistent profits month after month that are overlooked by other investors but produce spectacular compounded returns over time.</p>

    <br /><p>We do this by taking advantage of what we call our “coin toss calls” and “pay to delay” strategies. </p>

    <br /><p>Our “coin toss call” is our own little spin on the old saying: Heads I win; tails you lose.”  Our version of that is: “Head we win; tails we win a little more.”   With this technique, our “customers” pay us a premium (typically 1.5% to 3%) if we will agree to sell them shares of a stock we own, on a specified future date and at a specified price typically 2% to 3% above the current share price.</p>

    <br /><p>The “pay to delay” approach is based on our ability to entice our “customers” to pay us for agreeing to purchase a stock we want to own at a future date AND at a discount to the current market price.   With this technique, our “customers” pay us a premium (typically 1.5% to 3%) if we will agree to buy shares of a stock they own, on a specified future date and at a specified price typically 2% to 5% below the current share price.</p>

    <br /><h5>IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, DOESN’T IT?</h5>

    <br /><p>Remember the old warning that if it sounds too good to be true, it PROBABLY is?  Well, the key word there is PROBABLY!  This approach might sound too good to be true; but it isn’t.  It is quite real and so simple that anyone can understand it and use it.</p>

    <br /><p>Best of all, in addition to seeing the trades we actually make with our own money, you will also have access to our full analysis of the business involved and the trade itself.  Having access to this detailed information will assist you in learning how to perform the analysis and find investment ideas on your own.</p>

    <br /><p>We publish our full analysis of each trade we make because we believe it is important for any investor to have a full understanding of what they own and why they own it.  This knowledge also will allow you to learn the exact same techniques we use for finding and analyzing investments the same way we do so you can also find your own opportunities should you decide you might like to do so.</p>

    <br /><h5>RULE #1: DON’T LOSE MONEY!</h5>

    <br /><p>Warren Buffett, possibly the most successful investor in history, once quipped that Rule #1  in investing is “Don’t lose money.”</p>

    <br /><p>Now, anyone who will tell you that you can’t lose money using their investment system will probably lie to you about other things as well.  All investors, including Mr. Buffett, make investments that don’t turn out well along the way.  It is part of life.</p>

    <br /><p>However, with our techniques, we greatly reduce the risk involved in trading stocks.  It is really just common sense if you think about it.</p>

    <br /><p>When we sell our coin toss call options against shares of a stock we are holding, someone is paying us to give them the option of buying the shares from us at a future date for a higher price than the stock trades for today.  If the stock goes up and they buy the shares from us, we made a profit from the rise in share price and we also made a profit from selling them the right to buy the shares from us.</p>

    <br /><p>If the stock price remains right where it is and the option buyer does not wish to purchase the shares from us at a price higher than the market price on the day they expire, we simply keep the premium they paid us AND continue to own the shares.  The premium we received for selling the options gives us a profit where simply owning the shares would not have produced any gain.</p>

    <br /><p>In a worst case scenario, a share price falls.  Obviously the option holder will not want to pay us a high price to buy the shares from us for more than they would pay in the open market.  However, because we collected a premium when we sold the options, we will have a smaller loss than if we had simply bought the shares and held them.</p>

    <br /><h5>RULE #2: DON’T FORGET RULE #1</h5>

    <br /><p>Mr. Buffett followed his well-known “Rule #1” quote by also giving us his “Rule #2”.  That rule just happened to be: “Don’t forget Rule #1.”  It might sound a bit silly until you really think about it; but, if you want to make a profit, the first thing (and second) is to avoid losses.</p>

    <br /><p>In our approach to investing, we agree with Mr. Buffett and have another interesting way to accomplish it.  Our “pay to delay put options” strategy.  When we sell put options against shares of a stock, we are selling someone the right to sell us shares of a particular stock at some specified time in the future at a price that will generally be somewhere between 2% and 5% lower than the current market price.  The premiums we are paid for accepting this obligation will typically be 1.5% and 3% of the price at which we have agreed to purchase the stock.</p>

    <br /><p>We only apply our pay to delay put options strategy with stocks that we want to own at prices at which we would like to own them.  Simple math with the numbers shown above reveals that in the event we are required to buy the shares when the options expire, we will acquire them at a discount of between 3.5% and 8% (the total of the discount to current market price of the option strike price plus the premium received) of the share price at the time we sold the options.  Obviously this approach exposes us to much less risk than if we had simply entered an order to buy the shares in the market.</p>

    <br /><h5>IT’S NOT QUITE AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS</h5>

    <br /><p>Now, we understand that this might sound overly simplistic.  We also understand that you might be asking why everyone doesn’t do this if it is really this easy?  Well, just because our system is simple and straight-forward, doesn’t necessarily mean it is easy.  We have spent years developing and refining the stock screening filters we use to find stocks that meet our basic investment criteria.</p>

    <br /><p>Once we have this starting point of companies that might be good opportunities for us, many hours of analysis goes into the investigation to determine which companies provide us with the lowest risk  and highest potential return. </p>

    <br /><p>But, what sets us apart from the other investment newsletters you might read or have heard about is that every trade we recommend is one we are making with our own funds.  With our own money on the line with every trade we recommend, you can bet we put our best efforts into finding and publishing the safest and most profitable recommendations we can find!</p>

    <br /><h5>HERE’S WHAT WE OFFER</h5>

    <br /><p>At Self-Made Millionaire Academy, we offer 4 levels of membership with different benefits available at each level.  Here is a summary of the available membership levels and the benefits and privileges  for each level.</p>

    <br /><p>Free Subscribers:  This level of membership is designed for new subscribers who are not yet sure as to whether they would benefit from the products and services we offer.   At this level of service, you receive access to our Maggie’s Money Mountain Portfolio (until at least January 2016).  You will also receive notification of  and access to the Self-Made Millionaire Trade Alerts and Tracking Portfolio Updates as they are released to the general public.  In addition, you will be given access to our Weekly Market Update Conference Call feature.</p>

    <br /><p>You will also receive notification of any special reports, webinars and videos we offer for purchase as premiums.  In addition, we may offer some access to our interviews with executives of companies in which we are holding or considering positions.</p>

    <br /><p>Free subscribers will not be given access to Options 101.</p>

    <br /><p>Silver Level Members:  Silver Level Membership is our basic level of service.  This level of membership provides everything available to our Free Subscribers PLUS:</p>

    <br />•	2nd day notification (after market close) of Trade Alerts when orders are executed in our Maggie’s Money Mountain, Self-Made Millionaire and Options 101 Tracking Porfolios.
    <br />•	2nd day notification (after market close) of  Monthly and Year-End Updates of our Maggie’s Money Mountain, Self-Made Millionaire and Options 101 Tracking Porfolios.
    <br />•	2nd day notification of any analysis work we publish on individual stocks held in any of the Tracking Portfolios mentioned above.
    <br />•	Half of any Special Reports or Analysis work we publish related to stocks or opportunities outside of our Tracking Portfolios.  These will be selected at the discretion of Self-Made Millionaire Academy and distributed on a one-week delay.<br />

    <br /><p>Gold Level Membership:  Gold Level Members are entitled to all of the benefits of Silver Level Members with a shorter delay on receiving important information related to account activity. </p>

    <br /><p> In investing in general, and options trading in particular, time is of the essence.  For our Gold Level Members, the 2nd day release of information available to our Silver Level Members is reduced to a 1-day delay after market close.</p>

    <br /><p>In addition, our Gold Level Members will be offered discounts of at least 20% on any premium products we may offer (webinars, videos, special reports or analysis) AND on any new premium services we might introduce that are not included in existing benefits.</p>

    <br /><p>Platinum Private Membership:  This is our most elite level of Membership and is populated by our members who have the most serious interest in making the most profit and maximizing the performance of their trading portfolio.</p>

    <br /><p>Our Platinum Private Members receive everything Gold Level Members receive EXCEPT there is no delay period on the release of information.  Trade Alerts are sent out the same day that trades are executed…but Platinum Private Members don’t really need Trade Alerts.</p>

    <br /><p>At the Platinum Private Level of Membership, there is an alert that is not available to any other level of membership.  It is also what we believe might be the most valuable piece of information we publish.  It is the ORDER ALERT.</p>

    <br /><p>Because our approach to investing is driven by value based analysis, we place most of our order when the market is closed and they are entered on a “good ‘til cancelled” basis.  Platinum Level Members receive an Order Alert any time we place a trade order in our Tracking Portfolios that allows them to enter their own orders right beside ours and provides them with the best possible opportunity to reproduce our portfolio performance exactly.  We believe this one feature by itself is worth far more than the full cost of Platinum Private Membership.</p>

    <br /><p>Platinum Private Membership also receive free access to any webinars we may offer in the future, a 75% discount on any video presentations we decide to produce AND a guaranteed discount of at least 30% on any new products or services we may introduce in the future.</p>

    <br /><p>Now we understand that this might sound like a lot.  But there’s even more.  Our Platinum Private Members have exclusive access to the Platinum Private Money Market Options Account.  As with all of our products, this account is something we use ourselves and is funded with our own personal assets.  We decided it would be a nice perk for our Platinum Private Members who like to earn a higher return while maintaining high liquidity for an emergency fund.</p>

    <br /><p>Many of us remember the days when our cash could be kept in a Money Market Account and earn 4% to 6% interest rates while being available to us within 30 days.  Today, most investors are doing well if they are getting 0.5%/year on their cash.  Our PPMMOA was established to take us back to the good old days of 6% yields on our cash assets.</p>

    <br /><p>We established a Tracking Portfolio with approximately $31,000.00 and sell pay to delay put options that produce 1% to 1.5% returns and with very low probability of assignment against approximately half of the balance in the account.  This allows us to keep half of the funds immediately available to us as an emergency fund and still receive a reasonable rate of return on our  cash.</p>

    <br /><p>We opened this account to our Platinum Private Membership in September of last year and it is currently producing an annualized rate of return equal to 7.23%.  Right in line with our objective.  Of course, the difference between what our Platinum Private Members are making on the one account compared to what a regular money market account pays today more than covers the cost of their entire Platinum Private Membership.</p>

    <br /><h5>WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST</h5>

    <br /><p>At Self-Made Millionaire we insist on compelling value in the investment choices we select.  We expect our subscribers to do the same.  Therefore, we have decided to make you a truly compelling offer if you think Self-Made Millionaire might be for you.</p>

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    <br /><p><b>Our Silver Level Membership normally costs $180/year.  If you respond to this offer within the next 5 days, you will receive a 25% discount and pay only $135.00 for your first year. </b></p>
    <br /><p><b>Enter promo code: silver 25 </b></p>

    <br /><p><b>Our Gold Level Membership normally costs $240/year.  If you respond to this offer within the next 5 days, you will receive a 25% discount and pay only $180.00 for your first year.</b></p>
    <br /><p><b>Enter promo code: gold 25</b></p>

    <br /><p><b>Our Platinum Private Level Membership normally costs $400/year.  If you respond to this offer within the next 5 days, you will receive a 25% discount and pay only $300.00 for your first year.</b></p>
    <br /><p><b>Enter promo code: Platinum Private</b></p>

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    Are you wondering why we trade our Tracking Portfolios with our own money and other newsletters don’t do the same?  We can’t speak for their reasons but we know how much money we make doing this in OUR accounts so why wouldn’t we put our own money on the line?</p>

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    If you are not averaging 18% on your investment account and are not taking us up on this incredible offer, would you please at least send us a note and let us know why?</p>

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